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March 6, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to recent press reports of President Trump’s political appointees actively working to undermine and privatize the Veterans Administration:

Issues:Health

February 28, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky led her colleagues Reps Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) on a letter asking President Trump to ‘reject calls by the pharmaceutical industry to increase their monopoly powers through U.S. trade policy’. After sending the letter, Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement:

Issues:Health

February 27, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection subcommittee, released the following statement in response to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in FTC v. AT&T Mobility LLC, which rejected AT&T’s attempt to avoid consumer protections:


February 26, 2018

Hoy, la Congresista Jan Schakowsky, integrante del equipo de liderazgo Demócrata en el Congreso y miembro de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos Tom Lantos, dirigió a 20 de sus colegas Demócratas en la Cámara de Representantes en una carta al Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos Rex Tillerson sobre las próximas elecciones legislativas y municipales en El Salvador.


February 26, 2018

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, led 20 of her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives on a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding the upcoming legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador. In the letter, the 21 members told Secretary Tillerson they wrote“with concerns regarding the current state of [El Salvador’s] democratic institutions and U.S. involvement in Salvadoran domestic affairs.”


February 23, 2018

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following video statement commemorating Black History Month:

Issues:Health

February 23, 2018

Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following video statement commemorating Black History Month:


February 16, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip and member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement after reintroducing H.R. 5034, the International Violence Against Women Act:


February 15, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, spoke on the House floor to oppose H.R. 620, the so-called “ADA Education and Reform act of 2017”, a bill that would severely weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act and roll back decades of progress for people living with disabilities.

Issues:Health

February 12, 2018

Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Chief Deputy Whip, released the following statement in response to recent revelations indicating that an extreme right-wing anti choice group known as ‘Alliance Defending Freedom’ was responsible for crafting and advancing a recent attempt by the Trump Administration to allow states to block individuals on Medicaid from using Planned Parenthood as their health care provider. These revelations came to light today after Rep.

Issues:Health